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Mar-22-15
 | | AylerKupp: <<BadKnight> But I still believe if a superstrong GM puts a real effort (i.e. put a team of strong analysts) then we stand no chance, as their superior chess knowledge must come victorious.> It certainly would be interesting to find out. All we need to do is find a superstrong GM with lots of available time who is also sufficiently motivated to devote the time needed for the effort and who is also in a good financial position to be able to obtain the necessary computer resources and hire the needed staff to support him (although the latter might not be in the spirit of the Chessgames Challenge). It seems to me that a certain Garry Kasparov, with a reputed net worth of US $ 5,000,000, might satisfy these conditions. He might need some time off to ponder and plan his future activities given his so far unsuccessful attempts to replace either Putin or Ilyumzhinov. And no one could doubt Kasparov's determination to achieve any goals that he sets for himself. Does that sound like an idea? |
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Mar-22-15
 | | plang: <All we need to do is find a superstrong GM with lots of available time who is also sufficiently motivated to devote the time needed for the effort and who is also in a good financial position to be able to obtain the necessary computer resources and hire the needed staff to support him (although the latter might not be in the spirit of the Chessgames Challenge).> What would be the purpose of this? What would it prove? |
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Mar-22-15
 | | OhioChessFan: What does any chess game prove? |
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| Mar-23-15 | | morfishine: <OCF> That two people know how to move the pieces |
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Mar-23-15
| | AylerKupp: <<plang> What would be the purpose of this? What would it prove?> The only purpose would be amusement and/or interest, like any other chess games we play against GMs. Because, like <OhioChessFan> said, no one chess game (or even a small number of chess games) proves anything, certainly not in a statistically significant way. But if the World team defeats (or even draws) Kasparov under those circumstances then it would prove <BadKnight>'s assertion to be false, namely that if a superstrong GM puts a real effort, then the World team stands no chance. Unless, of course, you don't consider Kasparov to satisfy the condition of being a superstrong GM. |
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Mar-23-15
| | plang: I see why the World would be interested but the suggestion that a strong GM would want to spend a lot of time and hire a suppor team to help him (her) seems unlikely. I think some GMs were attracted to the idea of trying to defeat the World (and all their computer firepower) using their superior chess knowledge without investing too much into it. That has recently proved difficult. I think GMs will be increasingly difficult to find to take part in these exercises. |
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| Mar-23-15 | | cro777: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: "Who said endgames are boring? Try challenging me @DefiezMaxime!" The current position:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAx6CIX... |
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| Mar-31-15 | | BadKnight: <<AylerKupp:> It certainly would be interesting to find out. All we need to do is find a superstrong GM with lots of available time who is also sufficiently motivated to devote the time needed for the effort and who is also in a good financial position to be able to obtain the necessary computer resources and hire the needed staff to support him>> I don't know what the result would be..i was contemplating being better at OTB chess cannot possibly put a team at a disadvantage, so a team of strong players should be better. Following the same logic, theoretically they should be at least equal to our team. Although it is a possibility that the game might be practically level in the current centaur format, as the minuscule advantage they might have might not be worth enough to convert into a full point. No matter how complex a chess game might have been, theoretically it is a finite game with a limited number of possibilities. gigantic number, yes, but finite. So it might be possible that the playing ability will be approximately leveled at centaur chess format. But that remains to be seen. |
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| Mar-31-15 | | Absentee: Shouldn't we have a date of birth too? Something like "6000 BC - living"? |
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| Mar-31-15 | | Petrosianic: Make it 4004 B.C. That was Bishop Ussher's number. |
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| Apr-30-15 | | whiteshark: "The World is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." -- Albert Einstein |
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| Apr-30-15 | | Whitehat1963: "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine." -- R.E.M. |
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| Jun-19-15 | | whiteshark: "To be yourself in a <World> that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -- R.W. Emerson |
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| Jul-04-15 | | whiteshark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APYU... |
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| Dec-16-15 | | SpiritedReposte: Wonder when we will have planet to planet chess games!? Then we can have GM (Galactic Master) Earth (9702) vs GM Saturn (9658) for the solar system championship. |
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Dec-16-15
 | | HeMateMe: Do you feel that we'll have a sort of "solar move" competition against another planet, ala Fischer competing against Cuba by telex, before we have warp capability? |
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| Dec-17-15 | | SpiritedReposte: I don't know but it would be a task to outplay a whole planet! |
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Dec-17-15
| | HeMateMe: Not the whole planet. We'll just play consultation against their Vulcans, the one's rated 4,000 or higher. |
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| Dec-17-15 | | lost in space: "The world is my oyster“
Darth Vader
http://de.sodahead.com/entertainmen... |
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| Dec-17-15 | | SpiritedReposte: Lol Somehow I think the <Chessgames Challenge> team would be up for it. |
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| Jan-14-16 | | MarkoFunnani: I greet the world all the greetings. |
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| Jan-14-16 | | MarkoFunnani: Happy birthday to every earthling celebrating their birthdays today! |
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| Jan-14-16 | | MarkoFunnani: RIP all dead earthlings. |
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| Jan-14-16 | | MarkFinan: <MarcoFunnani>.. Great name, buddy. Not as sharp as mine though, lol. |
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| Jan-14-16 | | TheFocus: <MarkoFunnani> is your biggest fan, <MarkFinan>. |
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